Korg m3 Operation Manual page 45

Playing and editing Programs
When you select a different Bank, the switch's LED
will light, and the selected bank will appear on the left
side of the display.
For example, to select bank INT-B, press the BANK
SELECT I-B switch. The I-B switch will light, and the
name Bank INT-B will appear in the left of the display.
• Each time you press the I-G switch, the bank will
alternate as shown below.
G→g(1)→g(2)→g(3)→g(4)→g(5)→g(6)→g(7)→g(8)
→g(9)→g(d)→G→g(1)→...
Auditioning the sound
To hear the program you selected, play the KYBD-61/
73/88 or a MIDI-connected keyboard. Alternatively,
you can strike the M3-M's pads to hear the program.
Overview: Program Banks
With the factory settings, the M3 contains 512
preloaded programs, and 256 programs and 9 drum
programs that are GM2 compatible. In addition to
these you can store sounds that you create, as well as
optional sound libraries, giving you a total of 1,536
programs.
Programs are organized into fourteen banks as shown
in the following table.
Program bank contents
Bank Prog. No.
INT-A...E 000...127
INT-F 000...127
G (GM) 001...128
g(1)...g(9) 001...128
g(d) 001...128
USER–
A...E
000...127
USER–F, G
For details on the factory-set programs, refer to the
"Voice Name List" on the included CD-ROM.
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Explanation
With the factory settings,
these banks contain a wide
Factory
variety of preloaded programs
Programs.
that use multisamples, effects,
and KARMA.
EXB- This can be selected if the
RADIAS optional EXB-RADIAS is
Programs. installed.
GM2 main These banks contain 256 GM
programs. programs and nine GM drum
programs that are compatible
GM2
with the GM2 sound map. The
variation
programs of these banks are
programs.
read-only.
Bank G contains the GM
programs. G lets you select
128 programs numbered from
GM2 drum
001–128, and g(1)–g(d) lets
programs.
you select nine drum
programs.
You can't write (save) data to
these banks.
Factory For these banks you can
Programs. switch the bank type between
EDS and EXB-RADIAS.
Programs cannot be saved in a
bank of a differing type.
Specify the bank type using
the Global mode menu
command "Set Prog User-Bank
Initialized
Type" (See PG page 398). For
Programs.
USER-A...E, refer to the
"Explanation" of INT-A...E,
above. USER-F is
recommended as the bank for
user sampling.
Selecting by Bank/Program Select
menu
You can select Programs from a menu organized by
Program bank.
1. Press the Program Select popup button.
The Bank/Program Select menu appears.
Bank/Program Select menu
In this illustration, bank Bank INT-A is selected. The
menu the Programs contained in that bank.
2. Press the tabs in the left and right of the display to
select banks.
3. Press one of the program names in the center area
to select a program.
The selected program will be highlighted, and the
program will change.
Alternatively, you can use the q/u switches to switch
programs.
Play the keyboard or strike the pads to hear the
program you selected.
4. If you selected Bank GM, the Variation button is
shown.
By repeatedly pressing this Variation button you can
cycle through the banks in the same way as by pressing
the front panel INT G switch.
5. When you are satisfied with the selected Program,
press the OK button to close the menu.
If you press the Cancel button, the selection you made
here will be discarded, and you will return to the
program that had been selected before you opened the
menu.